‘Experience’ (pub. 24.05.14-18:54). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-pragmatism-prag-0.
Quote:
The breaking of a belief can only be due to some novel experience, whether external or internal. Now experience which could be summoned up at pleasure would not be experience.
Source:
Peirce, C. S. (1905 [c.]). Pragmatism, Prag [R]. MS [R] 291.
URL:
http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-pragmatism-prag-0